Periodic Newsletter Issued by Issue No.5 - May 2014 Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Views ADSSC Projects in Western Region Periodic Newsletter Issued by Issue No.5 - May 2014 Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) In this Issue EXCELLENCE ADSSC Mark a Success in the International Water Summit “IWS 2014” 4 ACHIEVEMENT ADSSC Launches its Awareness Campaigns in Schools 6 H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Views ADSSC Projects in Western Region ON SPOT H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Views ADSSC Projects in Western Region 8 EDITOR IN CHIEF OUR NEWS ADSSC Board of Directors First Meeting 2014 Alyazia Mohammed Alkaabi 10 ADSSC Mark a Success in the International Water Summit “IWS 2014” THE WORK TEAM Chairman visits sewerage projects sites in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Mahra Al Ahbabi 11 Shaikha Al Ketbi The Armed Forces Delegation visit STEP Nouda Al Ahbabi 12 Lamia Al-Dhaheri ADSSC Participation in Abu Dhabi Recruitment Fair 2014 13 ADSSC Participates in Umm Al Emarat Planting Titled as “Thank you Khalifa – Thank you Um Al Emarat” TRANSLATION 14 ADSSC Participates in “Future Investment” at Al Murijib School Shamma Haran Alketbi 15 ADSSC Organizes an Awareness Campaign to celebrate “World Water Day” 16 ADSSC Honors its Employees for their End of Service CONTACT US 17 Toll Free: 80023772 ADSSC Organizes Blood Donation Campaign with Red Crescent Website: www.adssc.ae E-mail: [email protected] ADSSC Conclude its Successful Participation in WETEX 2014 Awareness and Mass Communication Unit ENVIRONMENT The Risks of Al Damas Tree on the Sewerage Networks 21 The newsletter team welcome all readers contributions. However, subjects might be edited to suit the publications policy. Reproduction of materials from this newsletter requires a prior permission from ADSSC. Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) was established in June 2005, reports directly to the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. adssc adssc adssc_ad adssc abu dhabi [email protected] CONNECT CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE Western Region in Our Hearts H.E. Abdulla Ali Musleh Al Ahbabi Board Chairman It is again a good opportunity to give my message in Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company’s fifth Newsletter, to one of many existing tools of communication not only between employees but also customers and key stakeholders. Of the latest major events, we were honored to meet H.H Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan the Ruler’s Representative of the Western Region, who viewed the latest projects of ADSSC in the Western Region, and Emiratisation plans which will benefit the region once the projects accomplished. It is always an honor to meet with our wise leadership that helps reinforce solid relations between rulers and the nation. The meeting was an encouragement and a support to all the development plans, as it ensures the importance of cooperation with key stakeholders to achieve excellence in business and service provision. H.H. Sheikh Hamdan instructions are to boost the comprehensive development of Abu Dhabi Emirate and the Western Region, including infrastructure and service projects. ADSSC is working on updating its development plants constantly to conform with its strategic plan. Our aims are to achieve excellence in the provision of high quality, cost effective, safe and environmentally compliant sewerage services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and to meet the current and future requirements. Furthermore we wish to prevent environmental damage which may occur due to excessive pressure on our network. As projects are being established, we are aware of achieving increased employment of Nationals in ADSSC in various occupations. This shows our commitment of recruiting Nationals to enhance Emiratis participation in the labor market, and to execute the strategic plans that are set by our wise government which focused on Emiratisation in Abu Dhabi vision 2030. Employing Nationals and enrolling them in training and development programs is a priority in ADSSC, to enrich their experience in their appropriate discipline. Emiratisation percentage reached 78% in ADSSC at Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western Region, employed in administrative and technical positions. Indicating our participation in Absher Initiative by Ministry of Presidential Affairs and the partnership with Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council, to work together toward achieving Emiratisation and enabling Nationals to serve our precious country. I would like to conclude my speech with warm wishes of success to all of us. 1 MESSAGES Working to Provide the Best Services One of the biggest frustrations in recent months has been the number of third party breakages on our network. Almost without exception these have occurred where the contractor has not had clearance or has ignored instructions to stop work. Not only does this disrupt the quality of the service and cause localized flooding and odour problems, it also has much wider implications for the reputation of the Emirate as we have to discharge our untreated water to the coastal environment. Fortunately, our operations teams are very efficient at fixing damaged pipes and the incidence of discharge is minimized. However it is still an unnecessary blight on our Alan Thomson environment and one which can easily be avoided. ADSSC is looking at how offending Managing Director contractors can be persuaded to avoid these incidents and ensure that they are suitably penalized if they break the regulations. On a more upbeat note, January witnessed the second International Water Summit where ADSSC launched its new stand which was a great success. There was great interest in the company and many visitors took up our offer of visiting our nearby STEP visitors centre and also a tour of our treatment plants. The reputation of ADSSC is now going well beyond our local boundaries and other operators are interested in learning how we have developed and managed the company. I would like to thank everyone who helped put the display together and also those who undertook their duty to meet and greet our customers. ADSSC also contributed to the debates and presentations which are a vital part of the summit. Contributing Effectively to the Community There is an increasing number of events in Abu Dhabi focused on community activities. These involve the participation of the various community institutions, including service institutions, academic, infrastructure, and private sector. These events help effective cooperation and bring overall community benefits. Abu Dhabi has witnessed a large number of important events and exhibitions lately. These included all sectors and resulted in attracting the world’s attention. Energy, Water and Electricity, Infrastructure and Renewable Energy sectors, were all part of major events at Abu Dhabi Sustainability week in January 2014, ADSSC participated in Mubarak Obaid Al Dhaheri it successfully with a new sophisticated stand which attracted many visitors. Deputy Managing Director ADSSC has participated in numerous community events, recently. Our priorities were launching an Awareness Campaign to Schools, participating in Career Fairs, schools activities, and humanitarian campaigns such as donating blood and donating to UAE Red Crescent. These activities build relations with our community institutions. I believe that launching the Awareness Campaigns to Schools is a necessary step to reach an important community group as it gives an opportunity to the students to take a role in spreading awareness of preserving our environment in general and sewerage system in specific. The intention is to build a positive and well-educated generation who understand their responsibility toward their community and country. In order to connect with children, Cartoon Characters were drawn firstly as sketches and were developed to be used in integrated educational tools by Emirati employees. The characters Rashid, Reem, Khadra, Qatra are used in the activities of the awareness campaigns which will be held through the year in co-operation with Abu Dhabi Education Council, public and private institutions in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western Region. Our communication channels now include Social Media Accounts for ADSSC to reach the community using the most popular tools of communication, especially with the vast use of smart phones in United Arab Emirates and the World. We in ADSSC welcome being part of these official events which enable us to communicate effectively with all our strategic partners, to benefit from the various experiences that are shared in the conferences of these events, and to represent the research papers of our employees and expertise in ADSSC. We welcome your feedback.. to work together as one team for the future of Abu Dhabi Emirate. 2 CONNECT Working Ahead f or A bu Dh abi Future The community will get introduced to ADSSC cartoon characters Rashid, Reem, Khadra and Katra, as they will be part of ADSSC’s awareness activities toward environment and a better future for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. 3 EXCELLENCE ADSSC Mark a Success in the International Water Summit “IWS 2014” ADSSC stand in the “International Water Summit 2014” The stand which received wide attention included ADSSC marked a massive success and attracted great attention of projects and initiatives. officials, participants and visitors. H.E. Mohammed Ahmed Al Bawardi, Chairman of the Executive Committee and ADSSC presented its major achievements and projects that member of Abu Dhabi’s Executive Council visited ADSSC serves Abu Dhabi’s infrastructure, this include the new and stand, along with H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, Minister high in efficiency wastewater treatment plants. ADSSC of State and CEO of Masdar, H.E. Dr. Ahmed Mubarak participation in "IWS 2014" is an opportunity to share Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Water and experience with specialists and business related companies Electricity Authority (ADWEA), H.E. Majid Ali Al Mansouri, to benefit the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Chairman of the Department of Municipal Affairs, H.E Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General of the Environment H.E.